A novel numerical method of two-dimensional Fredholm integral equations of the second kind (Q1666164)

Summary: A novel numerical method is developed for solving two-dimensional linear Fredholm integral equations of the second kind by integral mean value theorem. In the proposed algorithm, each element of the generated discrete matrix is not required to calculate integrals, and the approximate integral operator is convergent according to collectively compact theory. Convergence and error analyses of the approximate solution are provided. In addition, an algorithm is given. The reliability and efficiency of the proposed method will be illustrated by comparison with some numerical results.